[CQ-Contest] NILs hurt

[Jukka Klemola]

How come so many suggest stopping there, removing the QSO and then tuning
for the next frequency?


I was expecting someone or anyone suggesting calling again the station that
is on thr frequency and is not in your log.
Why go and try to find a next frequency as you already are on a frequency
of a station that you do not have in your log?

Finalise the QSO ..

That will yield you more QSOs at the end of the contest.
It also produces a bigger score.


73,
Jukka OH6LI


2013/9/4 <ve4xt at mymts.net>

> Surely, if there's been a good-faith effort to get the Q, leave it in the
> log.
>
> But if you know the Q is not complete, and your best efforts to complete
> it fail, by getting a fill or correcting his error, then there is no Q to
> remove. It didn't exist.
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 3, 2013, at 20:48, john at kk9a.com wrote:
>
> > I think it is a very poor practice to receive a report, send your report
> and
> > then removed the station from your log unless you have a good reason to
> > believe that the station did not log you.  There should be something in
> the
> > rules prohibiting this practice.  Most stations will ask you to repeat
> the
> > report and work hard to copy it correctly before moving on to the next
> > station.  If the station just sends his callsign, QRZ,  dit dit, etc,
> that
> > may be his way of acknowledging the contact and moving on to the next
> > caller.  Listen to the operator's operating style before calling.
> >
> > John KK9A / P40A
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <KB3LIX at comcast.net>
> > To: <john at kk9a.com>; "Contest, CQ" <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 19:59
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] NILs hurt
> >
> >
> > I consider an acknowledgement to be a:
> >
> > TU
> > OK
> > GL
> > Got it
> >
> > Something along those lines. CERTAINLY nothing fancy,
> > just a reply that they got the exchange. Frankly, I do NOT want
> > them to repeat MY exchange, that wastes too much time, mine and theirs.
> >
> > Many times I will try to ask IF they got the exchange, and most if not
> > all times they just keep slugging away.
> >
> > Understand, I am not a biggie.
> > 100w, a 4BTV & a homemade 130' doublet, so I do not
> > have a "big mouth" and when I ask for a confirmation, I am often
> > drowned out by the cacophony of other callers.
> >
> > I have lost quite a few multipliers due to my impatience or
> > stubbornness or whatever it is and that HURTS, but I cannot in good
> > consience
> > count Q's that I do not consider complete.
> >
> >
> > bill   73   KB3LIX
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: john at kk9a.com
> > To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> > Cc: KB3LIX at comcast.net
> > Sent: Sunday, September 1, 2013 12:04:36 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] NILs hurt
> >
> > What do you consider an acknowledgement?  Many stations, including
> myself,
> > running at a high rate, just give a quick TU, thanks or just say their
> > callsign looking for the next contact. I never repeat your exchange. If I
> > did not copy it I would ask for a repeat.
> >
> > John P40A
> >
> >
> > To:"Contest, CQ" <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
> > Subject:[CQ-Contest] Fwd: NILs hurt
> > From:KB3LIX at comcast.net
> > Date:Sun, 1 Sep 2013 03:53:16 +0000 (UTC)
> > List-post:<cq-contest at contesting.com">mailto:cq-contest at contesting.com>
> >
> > If I do not get a solid acknowledgement from another station in a
> contest,
> > I DELETE the ENTRY in my logging program.
> > Of course, I am NOT a big time contester, just a small fish,
> > but I figure if they are in too much of a rush to skip the confirmation,
> > they DESERVE the NIL...Not me.
> >
> > I am sure most will say I am FOS, but too bad.
> > That is my way of doing things.
> >
> > bill   KB3LIX
> >
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